Your face changes as you age: collagen and elastin diminishes over time and skin becomes less toned, less elastic, thinner, and begins to show signs of aging like wrinkles, creases, age spots, and shows various shadows from loss of volume, which causes sagging. The once plump youthful cheeks lose their volume, and they drop to [...]
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November 23rd, 2011How Do You Treat Dark Circles Under the Eyes?
May 31st, 2010Dark circles make a person look older, stressed and tired (no matter how you feel). There are three causes of dark circles. The most common cause in my experience is what we call “shadowing.” Most light comes from above, so any protuberance above the “dark circle” will cause a shadow and thus the complaint of [...]
Double Chin Surgery
January 30th, 2010Doctor what can I do about my double chin? First your doctor must analyze why you have a double chin You may classify double chins into those that have a normal placed chin (when looking from the side) and those who have a small chin, meaning the chin is set back from the rest of [...]
Ear lobe repair and wrinkles
January 17th, 2010Doctor what can be done about torn ear lobes? Tears in the ear lobe occur from using very heavy earrings. Also those shaped like rings lend themselves to be caught in something, tearing the lobe. Sometimes the ear piecing hole is so large that it must be repaired, although there has not been an actual [...]
Non-surgical chin implant
January 16th, 2010Chin implants can offer the most dramatic improvement in one’s face, if it is needed. A small chin, called microgenia, makes a face, and particularly the profile, asymmetrical. Generally, plastic surgeons divide faces into equal thirds. The upper third is from the eyebrow to the hair line, and the middle third from the brow [...]
Q&A in Savannah, Ga. : Why Chin Implants?
October 30th, 2009We have many requests for chin augmentation for those with “weak” or small or retrusive chins. When looking at a profile of a person, the chin should protrude to about the vertical level of the lower lip, or slightly behind. When the chin is set back from that position, it is hereditary and the result [...]
Q & A: Dr. Finger: How does Sculptra Work?
August 31st, 2009How does Sculptra work? Sculptra is the latest of a multitude of injectable fillers to be approved for aesthetic facial anti-aging treatment. While it enters a milieu of other injectable products that are commercially available, Sculptra has the unique distinction in that it lasts the longest, about 2 years and often longer. Duration of action [...]
Sculptra: The liquid facelift
July 30th, 2009Sculptra, the re-volumizer for the face, has finally been approved by the FDA for cosmetic use. For the past five years I have been injecting it “off label,” which means it is approved for another use. Botox and most other injectable have limited approval by the FDA and are injected off label as well, but [...]
How much of an improvement can one expect from various injections for facial rejuvenation?
April 26th, 2009Various injection products are used for different problems. The appearance of age occurs from loss of elasticity as you know, but just as important is the loss of volume. You have heard the comment, “You’ve lost your baby fat” before, usually made to someone in their twenties. Well, you never stop losing it. Your face [...]
Dr. Finger: Q & A Plastic Surgery in Savannah Georgia
September 30th, 2008Q: How long does a face lift last? A: Actually, it lasts forever, but it doesn’t stop the clock. For instance, if you have a face lift at age sixty and it makes you look fifty, when you get ninety you will look eighty. Q: Is there a way to reverse signs of aging of [...]
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